do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3728 — Autogrill/Altadis/Aldeasa)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: airport, catering industry, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, motorway, railway station, sale, tobacco industry

C 51/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.3.2005

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3728 — Autogrill/Altadis/Aldeasa)

(2005/C 51/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 22 February 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Autogrill SpA. (‘Auto-
grill’, Italy), controlled by Edizione Holding SpA., and Altadis SA (‘Altadis’, France-Spain) acquire within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Aldeasa S.A. (‘Aldeasa’, Spain) by way
of public bid announced on 28 January 2005.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Autogrill: commercial foodservices and the fast-food services operating in motorways, railway

stations and airports,

— for Altadis: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution of tobacco products; logistic services,

— for Aldeasa: retail services in airports.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the

3.
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3728 — Autogrill/Altadis/Aldeasa, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Communication from Ireland pursuant to Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons — Announcement of 2005 Licensing Round — North East Rockall Basin
Date: 2005-03-01
Institutions: Ireland
Subjects: Ireland, extraction of oil, hydrocarbon, offshore drilling, patents licence, petroleum exploration

C 51/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

1.3.2005

Communication from Ireland pursuant to Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the
prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons

Announcement of 2005 Licensing Round — North East Rockall Basin

(2005/C 51/06)

In accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of the abovementioned Directive, the Minister for Communications,
Marine and Natural Resources hereby gives notice of a change in regard to areas available for licensing
from the previous notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities reference 94/C
299/04 dated 27 October 1994.

Hydrocarbon Exploration frontier Licensing Round in the North East Rockall Basin

An area covering 65 full blocks and 12 part-blocks in the North East Rockall Basin has been designated a
Frontier Area and has been selected for inclusion in a Petroleum Exploration Licensing Round. Until 31
May 2005, the closing date of the Round, no Exploration Licence or Licensing Option will be issued in
respect of any of the blocks in the Round.

List of blocks (65 full blocks and 12 part-blocks)

Blocks 4/11 (part), 4/12 (part), 4/13 (part), 4/16, 4/17, 4/18 (part), 4/19 (part), 4/20 (part), 4/21, 4/22,
4/23, 4/24, 4/25, 4/26, 4/27, 4/28, 4/29, 4/30

Blocks 5/16 (part), 5/17 (part), 5/18 (part), 5/19 (part), 5/20 (part), 5/21, 5/22, 5/23, 5/24, 5/25 (part),
5/26, 5/27, 5/28, 5/29, 5/30

Blocks 10/18, 10/19, 10/20, 10/23, 10/24, 10/25, 10/28, 10/29, 10/30

Blocks 11/1, 11/2, 11/3, 11/4, 11/5, 11/6, 11/7, 11/8, 11/9, 11/10, 11/11, 11/12, 11/13, 11/14, 11/15,
11/16, 11/17, 11/18, 11/19, 11/21, 11/22, 11/26, 11/27

Blocks 12/1, 12/6

Blocks 18/2, Blocks 18/3, 18/4, 18/5, 18/7, 18/8, 18/9, 18/10

Blocks 19/1, 19/6

Closing date: Tuesday, 31 May 2005

Further information regarding details of the 2005 Licensing Round — North East Rockall Basin may be
obtained from
Petroleum Affairs Division,
Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources,
Beggars Bush,
Haddington Road,
Dublin 4,
Ireland.

Website: www.pad.ie
Tel. (353) (0)1 678 26 93.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 354/2005 of 1 March 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, pip fruit

2.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 56/1

I

(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 354/2005

of 1 March 2005

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
and in
import
fruit
arrangements
particular Article 4(1) thereof,

and vegetables (1),

for

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 1 March 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1947/2002 (OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17).

L 56/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

2.3.2005

to Commission Regulation of 1 March 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry
price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 10 00

0709 90 70

0805 10 20

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
212
624
999

052
068
204
220
999

220
999

052
204
999

052
204
212
220
421
624
999

052
999

388
400
404
512
524
528
720
999

388
400
512
528
720
999

115,1
63,9
135,3
184,6
124,7

174,3
113,5
132,4
230,6
162,7

28,9
28,9

187,2
152,6
169,9

50,7
49,6
51,6
39,8
41,6
56,6
48,3

57,9
57,9

98,1
111,3
96,9
102,3
56,8
78,1
61,4
86,4

77,2
92,1
48,7
65,1
45,1
65,6

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2081/2003 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2003, p. 11). Code ‘999’ stands for

‘of other origin’.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3564 — CVC/ANI Printing Inks)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: access to information, dyestuffs industry, economic concentration, financial institution, market approval, merger control

1.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/7

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3564 — CVC/ANI Printing Inks)

(2005/C 51/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 28 October 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3564. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

1.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

28 February 2005

(2005/C 51/01)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

1,3257

LVL

Latvian lats

138,04

MTL Maltese lira

7,443

0,68975

9,0576

1,5392

80,33

8,22

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRY

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

1,9559

0,5838

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

29,743

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

241,84

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6961

0,4315

3,9066

36 433

239,7

37,874

1,7009

1,673

1,634

10,3396

1,8178

2,1562

1 333,79

7,6734

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3750 — EQT/SANITEC) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-03-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, management, merger control, plumbing equipment

1.3.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 51/5

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3750 — EQT/SANITEC)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 51/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 22 February 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Ceasar, controlled by
EQT IV Fund, (‘EQT IV’, Guernsey, Channel Islands), itself part of the EQT Group, acquires within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Sanitec Inter-
national S.A. (‘Sanitec’, Finland), which is controlled by BC Funds by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— EQT Group is a private equity portfolio company managing funds such as EQT IV Fund. Ceasar is a

holding company created for the purpose of acquiring Sanitec,

— Sanitec designs, manufactures and markets bathroom ceramics, bath and shower products.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
3.
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3750 — EQT/SANITEC, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition,
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Brussels

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) Available on DG COMP website:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.